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The USDA Food and Nutrition Service coordinates with state, local, and voluntary organizations to provide nutrition assistance to those most affected by a disaster or emergency.
FNS coordinates with state, local and voluntary organizations to provide nutrition assistance to those most affected by a disaster or emergency.
Disaster nutrition assistance response information for Pennsylvania.
FY 2023 Farm to School Grants
The Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (NSLA) (42 USC 1751 et seq.) establishes a Farm to School Program in order to assist eligible entities, through grants and technical assistance, in implementing farm to school programs that improve access to local foods in the USDA Food and Nutrition (FNS) Child Nutrition Programs, including the National School Lunch Program (NSLP), School Breakfast Program (SBP), Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), and Summer Food Service Program (SFSP).
Authorizing language in Section 18(g) of the NSLA (42 USC 1769(g)) directs the Secretary of Agriculture to award competitive grants designed to improve access to local foods in eligible schools for activities such as:
- Training;
- Supporting operations;
- Planning;
- Purchasing equipment;
- Developing school gardens;
- Developing partnerships; and
- Implementing farm to school programs
Each year $5 million is provided to the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to support grants, technical assistance, and other activities related to USDA’s Farm to School Program. Additional funding for the Farm to School Program was made available from the FY 2018 through FY 2022 agriculture appropriations acts and, as a result, USDA expects to award approximately $12 million under this solicitation.
Disaster nutrition assistance response information for New Mexico.
The FNS Handbook 501 provides ITOs and state agencies guidance on the administration of FDPIR. The chapters within the handbook cover all aspects of the program including financial management, certification of households, food ordering, and inventory control.
This page includes links to all the household USDA Foods Product Information Sheets for the vegetable food group.